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   | caption = ''Satisfied Fool'' title card.
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   | genre =  Documentary
   | genre =  Documentary
   | runtime = 28 mins.
   | runtime = 24 mins.
   | stars = [[Karl Pilkington]], [[David Icke]], [[Will Self]], [[Germaine Greer]], [[Heinz Wolff]], [[Ricky Gervais]]
   | stars = [[Karl Pilkington]], [[David Icke]], [[Will Self]], [[Germaine Greer]], [[Heinz Wolff]], [[Ricky Gervais]]
   | country = UK
   | country = UK
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==Reviews==
==Reviews==


Caitlin Morris, The Times, 20 October 2007:
'''TV Guide, The Times, 20 October 2007:'''
:''Karl Pilkington kicks off a new week-long season of Comedy Lab, the wildly erratic series showcasing comic talent that discovered the likes of Peter Kay, Jimmy Carr, Dom Joly and [[Russell Brand]].''
 
:''Karl Pilkington himself was the producer of ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]'' on the radio station Xfm and developed a cult following when he appeared on Gervais's podcasts. His comic speciality is pretending to be thick, a role that he is able to play with immense assurance. In this amiable programme, he meets a bunch of brainy people -including Germaine Greer and Will Self - to find out if life would be better if he were more intelligent. But, in the end, he decides there's no point in trying because, even if it worked, he wouldn't be the same vaguely endearing idiot.''[http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Image:SatisfiedFool_TheTimes.jpg]
 
'''Caitlin Moran, The Times, 20 October 2007:'''
:''For those who haven’t yet come across him, Karl Pilkington is a sometime collaborator of Ricky Gervais – an eccentric Rainman-type character. Gervais, with his typical “edginess”, is either doing his bit for mental health charities by helping him, or doing his bit for the postPC movement by taking the piss out of him; but no one can be quite sure which.''
:''For those who haven’t yet come across him, Karl Pilkington is a sometime collaborator of Ricky Gervais – an eccentric Rainman-type character. Gervais, with his typical “edginess”, is either doing his bit for mental health charities by helping him, or doing his bit for the postPC movement by taking the piss out of him; but no one can be quite sure which.''


:''In Comedy Lab’s Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pilkington has finally been given a solo pilot in the format of a Louis Theroux-type documentary. The subject here is “Cleverness – will it make you happy?” and the presenter is – well, the presenter is, in contrast to Theroux’s hateful faux naivety, genuinely naive.''
:''In Comedy Lab’s ''Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool'', Pilkington has finally been given a solo pilot in the format of a Louis Theroux-type documentary. The subject here is “Cleverness – will it make you happy?” and the presenter is – well, the presenter is, in contrast to Theroux’s hateful faux naivety, genuinely naive.''


:''He looks baffled as Germaine Greer tries to explain the difference between intelligence and cleverness, and almost bursts into tears when Will Self roars, “You’re just a satisfied pig! Get out of my house!!''
:''He looks baffled as Germaine Greer tries to explain the difference between intelligence and cleverness, and almost bursts into tears when Will Self roars, “You’re just a satisfied pig! Get out of my house!!''


:''There’s a winning unartfulness to it. It almost feels like a new kind of TV.''[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2671466.ece]
:''There’s a winning unartfulness to it. It almost feels like a new kind of TV.''[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2671466.ece], [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Image:SatisfiedFool_TheTimes2.jpg]
 




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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:I Am Kloot.jpg|50px]] || '''I Am Kloot''' || align="center" | I Am Kloot || align="center" | ''Proof'' || align="center" | 00:00 - 02:19
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:I Am Kloot.jpg|50px]] || '''I Am Kloot''' || align="center" | I Am Kloot || align="center" | '''''Proof''''' || align="center" | 00:00 - 02:19
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|colspan="5"| Plays intermittently in the first few minutes.  
|colspan="5"| Plays intermittently in the first few minutes.  
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:I Am Kloot.jpg|50px]] || '''I Am Kloot''' || align="center" | I Am Kloot || align="center" | ''3 Feet Tall'' || align="center" | 03:01 - 03:30
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:I Am Kloot.jpg|50px]] || '''I Am Kloot''' || align="center" | I Am Kloot || align="center" | '''''3 Feet Tall''''' || align="center" | 03:01 - 03:30
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|colspan="5"| ''3 feet tall with a head like a bowling ball'' - Karl travels from the Mensa test to Germaine Greer's house.
|colspan="5"| ''3 feet tall with a head like a bowling ball'' - Karl travels from the Mensa test to Germaine Greer's house.
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Qmark.jpg|50px]] || '''???''' || align="center" | ??? || align="center" | ''???'' || align="center" | 08:01 - 08:36
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Qmark.jpg|50px]] || '''???''' || align="center" | ??? || align="center" | '''''???''''' || align="center" | 08:01 - 08:36
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|colspan="5"| Karl meets Prof. Heinz Wolff and his tea-making assistant.
|colspan="5"| Karl meets Prof. Heinz Wolff and his tea-making assistant.
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Cast of Thousands album.jpg|50px]] || '''Elbow''' || align="center" | Cast of Thousands || align="center" | ''Crawling With Idiot'' || align="center" | 10:14 - 10:35
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Cast of Thousands album.jpg|50px]] || '''Elbow''' || align="center" | Cast of Thousands || align="center" | '''''Crawling With Idiot''''' || align="center" | 10:14 - 10:35
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|colspan="5"| Karl leaves Prof. Heinz Wolff, song plays up until the advert break. **Also features in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrq50VBkXVs trailer]
|colspan="5"| Karl leaves Prof. Heinz Wolff, song plays up until the advert break. **Also features in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrq50VBkXVs trailer]
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Magpie.jpg|50px]] || '''Stephen Fretwell''' || align="center" | Magpie || align="center" | ''Do You Want To Come With Me?'' || align="center" | 10:36 - 11:07
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Magpie.jpg|50px]] || '''Stephen Fretwell''' || align="center" | Magpie || align="center" | '''''Do You Want To Come With Me?''''' || align="center" | 10:36 - 11:07
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|colspan="5"| Karl gets the ferry to the Isle of Wight and meets David Icke.
|colspan="5"| Karl gets the ferry to the Isle of Wight and meets David Icke.
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Joy Division-Substance (album cover).jpg|50px]] || '''Joy Division''' || align="center" | Substance || align="center" | ''Atmosphere'' || align="center" | 16:07 - 16:24
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Joy Division-Substance (album cover).jpg|50px]] || '''Joy Division''' || align="center" | Substance || align="center" | '''''Atmosphere''''' || align="center" | 16:07 - 16:24
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|colspan="5"| Karl reflects on his meeting with David Icke on the ferry home.
|colspan="5"| Karl reflects on his meeting with David Icke on the ferry home.
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Qmark.jpg|50px]] || '''???''' || align="center" | ??? || align="center" | ''???'' || align="center" | 22:50 - 23:11
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:Musicforairports.jpg|50px]] || '''Brian Eno''' || align="center" | Music for Airports: Ambient 1  || align="center" | '''''1/1''''' || align="center" | 22:50 - 23:11
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|colspan="5"| Karl reflects on meeting Will Self and reads Wittgenstein on the park.  
|colspan="5"| Karl talks about his meeting with Will Self and reads Wittgenstein on the park.  
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|rowspan="2"| [[Image:I Am Kloot.jpg|50px]] || '''I Am Kloot''' || align="center" | I Am Kloot || align="center" | ''Proof'' || align="center" | 23:30 - 24:02
|rowspan="2"| [[Image:I Am Kloot.jpg|50px]] || '''I Am Kloot''' || align="center" | I Am Kloot || align="center" | '''''Proof''''' || align="center" | 23:30 - 24:02
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|colspan="5"| Karl walking down Gower St., London while the end credits roll.
|colspan="5"| Karl walking down Gower St., London while the end credits roll.

Revision as of 18:05, 24 October 2007

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool

Satisfied Fool title card.
Genre Documentary
Running time 24 mins.
Starring Karl Pilkington, David Icke, Will Self, Germaine Greer, Heinz Wolff, Ricky Gervais
Country UK
Network Channel 4
Tx. Date 22 October 2007
No. of episodes 1

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool is a one-off documentary by Karl Pilkington, shown as part of Channel 4's 'Comedy Lab' series.

Plot

Reviews

TV Guide, The Times, 20 October 2007:

Karl Pilkington kicks off a new week-long season of Comedy Lab, the wildly erratic series showcasing comic talent that discovered the likes of Peter Kay, Jimmy Carr, Dom Joly and Russell Brand.
Karl Pilkington himself was the producer of The Ricky Gervais Show on the radio station Xfm and developed a cult following when he appeared on Gervais's podcasts. His comic speciality is pretending to be thick, a role that he is able to play with immense assurance. In this amiable programme, he meets a bunch of brainy people -including Germaine Greer and Will Self - to find out if life would be better if he were more intelligent. But, in the end, he decides there's no point in trying because, even if it worked, he wouldn't be the same vaguely endearing idiot.[1]

Caitlin Moran, The Times, 20 October 2007:

For those who haven’t yet come across him, Karl Pilkington is a sometime collaborator of Ricky Gervais – an eccentric Rainman-type character. Gervais, with his typical “edginess”, is either doing his bit for mental health charities by helping him, or doing his bit for the postPC movement by taking the piss out of him; but no one can be quite sure which.
In Comedy Lab’s Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pilkington has finally been given a solo pilot in the format of a Louis Theroux-type documentary. The subject here is “Cleverness – will it make you happy?” and the presenter is – well, the presenter is, in contrast to Theroux’s hateful faux naivety, genuinely naive.
He looks baffled as Germaine Greer tries to explain the difference between intelligence and cleverness, and almost bursts into tears when Will Self roars, “You’re just a satisfied pig! Get out of my house!!
There’s a winning unartfulness to it. It almost feels like a new kind of TV.[2], [3]


Music

Artist Album Song Title Start/Stop
I Am Kloot I Am Kloot Proof 00:00 - 02:19
Plays intermittently in the first few minutes.
I Am Kloot I Am Kloot 3 Feet Tall 03:01 - 03:30
3 feet tall with a head like a bowling ball - Karl travels from the Mensa test to Germaine Greer's house.
??? ??? ??? 08:01 - 08:36
Karl meets Prof. Heinz Wolff and his tea-making assistant.
Elbow Cast of Thousands Crawling With Idiot 10:14 - 10:35
Karl leaves Prof. Heinz Wolff, song plays up until the advert break. **Also features in the trailer
Stephen Fretwell Magpie Do You Want To Come With Me? 10:36 - 11:07
Karl gets the ferry to the Isle of Wight and meets David Icke.
Joy Division Substance Atmosphere 16:07 - 16:24
Karl reflects on his meeting with David Icke on the ferry home.
Brian Eno Music for Airports: Ambient 1 1/1 22:50 - 23:11
Karl talks about his meeting with Will Self and reads Wittgenstein on the park.
I Am Kloot I Am Kloot Proof 23:30 - 24:02
Karl walking down Gower St., London while the end credits roll.

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